Bob could replace Don Imus?!?

An interesting rumor was noted on ESPN2's Cold Pizza this morning: CBS could hire Bob Costas as its new morning radio host to replace Don Imus.

Now that would be something. Costas is smart, knowledgeable about a wide variety of subjects, and fully capable of taking on issues like race and sex without resorting to the kind of crass language that got Imus fired.

There's one huge problem, of course, which Cold Pizza noted: Costas probably wouldn't take the job. He's already got an HBO show in which he has the freedom to explore whatever issue he finds interesting, he's the host of NBC's prime time football coverage and its Olympics coverage, which means he's reaching an enormous audience, and he probably doesn't want to have to wake up at 5 o'clock every morning.

So it's probably never going to happen, although I'm guessing I speak for just about every sports fan when I say the day Costas gets a morning talk radio show is the day I start listening to talk radio every morning.